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R. W. SACKETT.

DESK. y No. 358,887. Patented Ma,r8`, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BUFUS V. SACKETT, OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DESK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,887,6lated March 8,1887.

Application filed September 21, 1886. Serial No. 214,173.

T0 all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that i, RUEUs W. SiioIrErrT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Northampton, in the county of Hampshire and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful improvements inDesks, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in desks, and has for its objectto provide a sliding top, which shall be so arranged with reference to ahinged gravity-door that when the sliding top has been drawn out thegravitydoor can loe lowered into position to form a continuation of saidtop, and that upon raising the door and returning said top to itsoriginal position the former will be retained in place. a

My invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangementof parts, substantially as hereinafter fully described, and Inoreparticularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective viewof a desk having my improvements. Fig. 2 is an end elevation showing theinner edge of the slidingr door under the lower edge of the gravitydoor,and the sliding door in dotted lines when drawn out. Fig. 3 is avertical elevation, partly in section. Fig. 4 is a detached endelevation representing the sliding door drawn out, and Fig. 5 shows aInortise in the hinged door to receive a handle, if desired, for raisingand lowering the door.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the body of a desk having at itsback an upright section, B, provided with one or more partitions forsubdividing the space into the de- Sired nulnber of compartments.

C is a door, which is hinged to the bottom of the section '13, and isadapted to be placed in the position shown in Fig. 1, or folded upagainst the front of the section B, thereby closing said section andexcluding the contents thereof from view and from dust.

' D is the top of the desk proper, which is adapted to slide out and inupon the side rails of the desk, whereby when it is drawn out the door Ccan be lowered, as shown in Fig. l, showing an unbroken top of increasedsurface for writing purposes, papers, Src. The top D can be made toslide by any suitable means which will accomplish that purpose, althoughI have shown a dovetail, d', fitting snugly in (No model.)

a corresponding groove in Fig. 3, as the means for securing that result.This swinging gravity-door G is hinged to the fixed top section, B, ofthe desk at such a point as to leave a space between the lower edge ofthe said door and the upper surface of the desk when the said door isturned to a closed upright position, which space is equal in width tothe thickness `of the sliding top, whereby when the sliding top isforced or pushed inwardly its upper edge will extend into the said spaceand tit beneath the lower edge 0l the door, which rests thereon, and isthereby held iu its closed position without the use of independentfastening device, as will be readily understood by reference to thedrawings.

d is a handle for raising or assisting in lowering the gravity-door, andis pivoted within a mortise in the outer edge of said door.

I am aware that heretofore it has been proposed to construct a desk witha sliding top which is affixed to suitable side pieces, which are inturn con uected to the desk iu such manner that they are free to slideback and forth thereon with the top, and to connect a box or receptacleto these side pieces, so that itwill move with the saine, a leaf beinghinged at its outer edge to the rear edge of the sliding top, so thatwhen the latter and the receptacle are drawn out the leaf can be foldedin line with the top to form a continuation thereof, and when the topand receptacle are forced inwardly the leaf can be turned to a verticalposition and conceal the receptacle from view; but such is not myinvention.

NVithout confining myself to the exact details of construction hereinshown and described as an embodiment of my invention, what I claim is-The combination, with the desk having the rear upright section. of agravity-door hinged at its inner edge to the said section at a point toleave a space beneath the lower edge of the door when it. is turned toan upright position, and a sliding top adapted to tit beneath the loweredge of the door, and thereby hold the latter in a closed positionwithout the aid of independent fastening devices, substantially asdescribed, for the purpose set forth.4

In testimony whereof I affix Inysignature in presence of two witnesses.

RUFUS XV. SACKETT.

Witnesses:

' DAVID HILL,

J. ARTHUR WAINWRIGHT.

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